“I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of other religions as well.”

—  Mahatma Gandhi

Part II: First Day in Pretoria
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)
Context: I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of other religions as well.

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